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Robotic Football Tournament, powered by micro:bit
Workshops: 12 Sep (Primary) · 13 Sep (Secondary) — Tournament: 26–27 September 2026 · Makeramai Makerspace, Level 4, Plaza Merdeka, Kuching
14 days
to kickoff
Workshops start tomorrow — 12 Sep Primary · 13 Sep Secondary · Makeramai
Motorball is robotic football: two student-built robots per side, each steered by a student with a wireless controller, driving and pushing a pink ball into the opposing goal on a small octagonal pitch.
Students design, wire and program the robots themselves — motor control, driver response, and (in the Secondary category) an autonomous goalkeeper robot that has to track the ball on its own using onboard vision, no controller involved.
A match is two teams, two arenas running at once, and a referee at each pitch keeping score and the clock.
Octagonal pitch, 8 ft across · ball 1.5 in, pink, to scale
Powered by BBC micro:bit,
programmed on Microsoft MakeCode
Tap A or B to try it
Every robot on the pitch is driven by a BBC micro:bit — the same pocket-sized computer used to teach coding in classrooms worldwide, here reading a wireless controller and driving motors in real time.
The full rulebook is in the PDF above — detailed rules will also be published here before the tournament.
Primary — Striker:bit (Cytron)
Secondary — SOCCER:BIT / sumo:bit (Cytron) + UNIHIKER K10
Arena map
10
Min per match — 4+2+4
ET
Golden goal, then penalties
2
Separate tournaments — never merged
Primary — 16 teams
Round of 16
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final · Day 2
Secondary — 8 teams (6 seeded + 2 play-in qualifiers)
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final · Day 2
Play-in qualifiers seed into opposite halves — they can only meet in the Final.
Workshops — same running order both days · Makeramai Makerspace
Sat 12 Sep — Primary schools
Sun 13 Sep — Secondary schools
Tournament — 26–27 Sep · Makeramai Makerspace
Arena 1
Arena 2
Arena 1
Arena 2
A mini version of the real thing. You drive the magenta robot; MC²-BOT drives the cyan one. Push the pink ball into the far goal — most goals when the clock runs out wins.
You 0
1:00
0 MC²-Bot
Drive
↑ ← ↓ → or W A S D
Boost
Space — short burst, then a cooldown
Your best
0 goals in one match
On a phone, a thumbstick and boost button appear on the pitch. The ball is drawn larger than true scale so it is playable — the real one is 1.5 inches across.
Primary · 12
Secondary · 8
Team registration has closed — to change an existing entry, contact admin@learning.com.my.
Primary
1st place
RM1,000
2nd place
RM700
Secondary
1st place
RM1,000
2nd place
RM700
Awarded separately per category — Primary and Secondary are never combined into one prize pool.
Makeramai Makerspace, Level 4, Plaza Merdeka
Kuching, Sarawak
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